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No. 569,160. Patented 0012. 13, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD \V. BALL AND LOUIS E. VACHERON, OF \VOOD HAVEN, NENV YORK,

ASSIGNORS TO THE LALANCE & GROSJEAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. v

ENAMELERS TRIPOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,160, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed July 1, 1896. Serial No. 597,685. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: from and bent out of the body thereof and Be it known that we, EDWARD W. BALL and serve to receive the body of suitable headed LOUIS E.VACHERON, residing in d Haven, points I). The ring Ais also slotted or chan- Queens county, State of New York, have inneled, as with slots 0 d, the slot 0 serving to 5 vented certain new and useful Improvements receive the head 6 of theheaded point b, and in Enamelers Tripods, of which the following the slot 01 serving with the slot 0 to form tangs is a specification. or lugs f or other suitable point-supports,

Our invention relates to a device for supwhich tangs or lugs, when bent away from porting vessels while they are being burned the plane of the ring, as shown in dotted lines to during the enameling operation. These supin Fig. 2, allow the point b to be inserted ports have heretofore been called tripods, through the straps a, and when bent to apbecause they presented three points of supproach or coincide with the ring A serve to port for the vessel. We shall hereinafter prevent the points from being withdrawn continue to use this term, notwithstanding from the ring. It will be obvious that as 15 the fact that the number of points of support these points become used up they can be refor the vessel need not necessarily be three. placed by other points by bending back the Tripods hitherto in usehave been constructed tangs or lugs f into the position shown in as follows: A ring of metal has been provided dotted lines in Fig. 2 and inserting the point with integral points after the manner of a and bending back the tangs to the position 20 crown, the article tobe enameled restingupon shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

the points. The ring of metal has also been Referring now particularly to Figs. 4 and provided with spurs or points riveted thereto. 5, which show a modified construction, A is \Vhen these tripods are subjected to the high the base, and b the points of the tripod. This heat of the furnace, they are raised to awhite base is provided with the stirrups a, slots 25 heat, and when theyhave been used a great o d, and the tan gs or point-supports f, which number of times they rapidly deteriorate, the tangs are in the present instance splayed deterioration coming on the points which, apart instead of being brought in line with scaling off rapidly, decrease in size and bethe base or body. When it is desired to recome blunt. move and replace defective or worn out 0 By our invention we obviate many of these points, the tangs are splayed farther apart defects by providing a base with supported and the point removed. It will be noted, removable points for supporting an enameled however, that one of the points is shown in article. Fig. 5 as having its head slotted with a slot Our invention will be understood by res. This construction may also be adopted, 35 ferring to the accompanying drawings, in whereupon, in order to remove this form of which point, the tangs f will be brought together, so Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a tripod as to pass through the slot 8 when the point embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an inis being removed.

verted plan view thereof, being shown partly What we claim, and desire to secure by Let- 40 in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional ters Patent, is-

view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side 1. An enamelers tripod comprising an apelevation of a modified embodiment of our ertured base A and headed removable points invention, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view I) seated in the apertures, and point-supports 0 thereof. carried by the base in proximity to the aper- 45 In the drawings, Figs. 1 to 3, A is a base or tures and adapted to receive the thrust of the ring, preferably of metal. This ring is proheads of the points. vided with ears or stirrups a, which are out 2.. An enamelers tripod comprising a body A provided with stirrups a and slots 0 (Z, the with removable points passing through the said slots 0 (Z forming tangs f and removable material of the base and maintained in the '10 points cooperating with the stirrups and slots. base by the point-supports.

3. An enamelers tripod comprisingaslotted- EDWARD W. BALL. 5 or channeled base combined with removable LOUIS E. VAOHERON.

points seated in the slots or channels. Vitnesses:

4. An enamelers tripod comprisingaslotted WV. E. MAYNARD,

base provided with point-supports combined J AS. COCHRAN. 

